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An insurance company insured 2000 scooter drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck drivers. The probability of an accident involving a scooter, a car and a truck are 0.01, 0.03 and 0.15 respectively. One of the insured persons meets with an accident. What is the probability that he is a scooter driver?
Solution:
Let and be the events of a driver being a scooter driver, car driver and truck driver respectively. Let A be the event that the person meets with an accident. There are 2000 insured scooter drivers, 4000 insured car drivers and 6000 insured truck drivers. Total number of insured vehicle drivers = 2000 + 4000 + 6000 = 12000 ∴ = = , = = , = = Also, we have: P (A|) = 0.01 = P (A|) = 0.03 = P (A|) = 0.15 = Now, the probability that the insured person who meets with an accident is a scooter driver is P (A|). Using Bayes’ theorem, we obtain: P (|A) =
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